Leon Durham

Full Name: Leon Durham	Primary Position: 1B,OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: May 27, 1980
Birthdate: July 31, 1957	Final Game: September 17, 1989
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Leon Durham (Leon Durham) was born on July 31, 1957 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on May 27, 1980 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1980, his rookie year, he hit .271 with 8 home runs and 42 RBI. Durham played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Leon Durham's best season was 1982, when he slugged 22 home runs, stole 28 bases, hit for a .312 average and knocked in 90 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1980	STL	N	96	303	42	82	8	42	.271	.309	.426	15	4	18	55	1	3	8	1	3
1981	CHI	N	87	328	42	95	10	35	.290	.344	.460	14	6	27	53	0	0	25	6	6
1982	CHI	N	148	539	84	168	22	90	.312	.388	.521	33	7	66	77	2	0	28	14	11
1983	CHI	N	100	337	58	87	12	55	.258	.381	.466	18	8	66	83	3	0	12	12	4
1984	CHI	N	137	473	86	132	23	96	.279	.369	.505	30	4	69	86	1	0	16	11	8
1985	CHI	N	153	542	58	153	21	75	.282	.357	.465	32	2	64	99	0	0	7	24	5
1986	CHI	N	141	484	66	127	20	65	.262	.350	.452	18	7	67	98	1	0	8	16	6
1987	CHI	N	131	439	70	120	27	63	.273	.348	.513	22	1	51	92	0	0	2	9	6
1988	CIN	N	21	51	4	11	1	2	.216	.286	.333	3	0	5	12	0	0	0	1	0
1988	CHI	N	24	73	10	16	3	6	.219	.305	.452	6	1	9	20	0	0	0	2	0
1988	TOT	N	45	124	14	27	4	8	.218	.297	.403	9	1	14	32	0	0	0	3	0
1989	STL	N	29	18	2	1	0	1	.056	.182	.111	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0
Total			1067	3587	522	992	147	530	.277	.356	.475	192	40	444	679	9	3	106	96	49

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1980	STL	N	RF	42	36	308	95	11	2	2	.981
1980	STL	N	CF	2	2	15	3	0	0	0	1.000
1980	STL	N	LF	34	30	250.2	46	2	0	0	1.000
1980	STL	N	OF	77	68	573.2	136	14	2	2	.987
1980	STL	N	1B	8	4	52.2	44	8	1	6	.981
1981	CHI	N	RF	83	83	721.2	158	3	4	1	.976
1981	CHI	N	1B	3	1	18	16	0	0	1	1.000
1981	CHI	N	OF	83	83	721.2	159	4	5	1	.970
1982	CHI	N	RF	91	71	648	145	6	4	1	.974
1982	CHI	N	CF	73	71	595.1	149	6	7	0	.957
1982	CHI	N	OF	143	142	1243.1	301	11	12	1	.963
1982	CHI	N	1B	1	1	8	10	1	0	0	1.000
1983	CHI	N	OF	95	92	794.2	168	2	6	0	.966
1983	CHI	N	1B	6	5	31.1	35	2	0	2	1.000
1983	CHI	N	LF	51	50	435	71	1	5	0	.935
1983	CHI	N	RF	4	2	23	4	0	0	0	1.000
1983	CHI	N	CF	40	40	336.2	93	1	2	0	.979
1984	CHI	N	1B	130	126	1114	1162	96	7	96	.994
1985	CHI	N	1B	151	144	1272.1	1421	107	7	121	.995
1986	CHI	N	1B	141	133	1178.1	1231	80	7	101	.995
1987	CHI	N	1B	123	114	1004	1049	57	11	90	.990
1988	CIN	N	1B	17	14	121.1	129	6	1	8	.993
1988	CHI	N	1B	20	19	163	167	15	1	16	.995
1988	TOT	N	1B	37	33	284.1	296	21	2	24	.994
1989	STL	N	1B	18	2	44	44	5	2	7	.961
Total			1B	618	563	5007	5308	377	37	448	.994
Total			OF	398	385	3333.1	764	31	25	4	.970
Total			CF	115	113	947	245	7	9	0	.966
Total			RF	220	192	1700.2	402	20	10	4	.977
Total			LF	85	80	685.2	117	3	5	0	.960

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Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (15th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976 - signed June 22, 1976).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Ken Reitz and a player to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bruce Sutter (December 9, 1980); Chicago Cubs received Ty Waller (December 22, 1980).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Pat Perry and cash (May 19, 1988).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (November 8, 1988).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (February 15, 1989).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).

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